African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Nardoa Gray, 1840

Nardoa variolata

AphiaID

204199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204199)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870

Synonymised names

Scytaster Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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Species Nardoa frianti Koehler, 1910
Species Nardoa galatheae (Lütken, 1864)
Species Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840
Species Nardoa variolata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Species Nardoa lemonnieri Koehler, 1910 accepted as Nardoa galatheae (Lütken, 1864)
Species Nardoa sphenisci A.M. Clark, 1967 accepted as Gomophia sphenisci (A.M. Clark, 1967)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 286 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Nardoa Gray, 1840. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204199 on 2026-02-27

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Nardoa Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204199 on 2026-02-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-04 14:17:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2007-06-08 22:54:21Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-10-24 18:54:18Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 286 [details]

original description (of Scytaster Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 34 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M. (1967). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History) V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 15(4): 169-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336715 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Nardoa variolata

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